Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong
met with Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Marty M. Natalegawa in Phnom
Penh, Cambodia, on October 23 to discuss a number of issues related
to the East Sea.

Meetings of the Political, Economic and Social Committees of the ASEAN
Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) and dialogues between AIPA and its
observers were the main activities of the ongoing AIPA 33 in Lombok,
Indonesia, on Sept. 19.

ASEAN member countries should show their strong political
resolve and allocate necessary resources to realise the ASEAN Community, on
schedule and based on all three pillars, said Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen
Tan Dung.

The contents of the recent Vietnam-China agreement on basic principles
guiding the settlement of sea issues are in total conformity with the
Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) and Vietnam’s consistent standpoint on the peaceful settlement of East Sea
disputes.